The University of Puget Sound summer research programs are designed to encourage and support research projects conducted by University of Puget Sound students and their faculty mentors. The program seeks to foster imagination, creativity, and accomplishment.
For additional information, visit Summer Research Grants in Science and Mathematics, and Summer Research Grants in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.
Submissions from 2019
Washington’s Affordable Housing Property-Tax Levies: Lessons from the Campaigns, Anna Barcus
"Hail Hydra": Marvel's Captain America and White Nationalism in the United States, Erin Budrow
The Multidimensionality of Wellness Tourism in Thailand and Costa Rica: Mind, Body, and Soul, Cheyenne Clarke
Developing Techniques to Observe The Effects of Bisphenol AF on Guppy Embryo Development, Lauren Clarke
The Philosophies of Love and Despair in Kierkegaard’s Early Aesthetic Works, James Conley
Petrology of the Earliest Cascade Volcanic Units in Washington: the Northcraft, Tukwila, and Rattlesnake Mountain Formations and Implications for the Evolution of the Cascade Arc, Louisa Cryan and Jeffrey H. Tepper
The effects of temperature on maternal investment of ovary tissue in the fish species Danio rerio, Noah R. Dillon and Alyce DeMarais
Effects of Bisphenol-S and Estrogen on p53 Expression in Ovarian Tissue of Zebrafish (Danio rerio), Jess Fairbanks
The influence of reintroduced beavers on sediment processes in post-wildfire headwater streams, Methow River, WA, Amanda Foster
Magnetic Exploration of the Crescent Formation, Washington: The search for a hidden fault near Dusk Point, Samuel G. Furmanski
Is it Hot in Here or Is It the Climate? Predicting Individual and Systemic Pro-Environmental Engagement, Alaina Geibig
Finding Predictors of Success in Novice Programmers' Editing and Testing Behaviors, SaraJane Griffiths
Mindful of a Profit: A Critical Analysis of Meditation Apps in the Context of Neoliberalism and Western Constructions of Religion., Kylie Gurewitz
The Role of the IGF-1/Akt/mTOR Pathway on Tibialis Anterior Muscle Hypertrophy During Regeneration in Cardiotoxin-induced Injury in Adult Mice, Cambria Kasten and Jung A. Kim PhD
The Setauket Gang: The American Revolutionary Spy Ring you've never heard about, Fran Leskovar
Timing is Everything: Temporal Dynamics of Brain Activity Using the Human Connectome Project, Francesca LoFaro
Tattoos in East Asia: Conforming to Individualism, Morgan MacFarlane
Efficient Query Execution over Large Databases through Semantic Caching of Bitmap Indices, Sarah McClain
Exploring the Urban Infrastructure of Transnational Labor Migration in Nepal, Alena McIntosh
A Patchwork of Detention: Understanding Variation in Community Resistance to ICE Contracts with Local Jails, Manya Mutschler-Aldine
Investigating Cascade Magmatism Through Dating and Chemical Analysis of the Hatchet Mountain and Pe Ell Formations, SW WA, Robyn Organ, Jeffery Tepper, Wesely Von Dassow, and Tabor Reedy
Petrology of the Eocene Goble Volcanics, Southwest Washington: an Early Phase of the Cascade Arc, Clara Phipps and Jeffrey H. Tepper
Undescribed oomycete pathogens on Zostera marina and Z. japonica in the Puget Sound, Theresa Proctor
Weaving Sustainability, Carving Identity: An Exploration of Artisan Livelihood in Oaxaca, Mexico, Mariana Sanchez Castillo
Acting the Author: observations on authority in collective performance, Max Tapogna
Womxn of Color in Print Subculture: 1970-2018, Lenora Yee
Queen Catherine's Material Body, Kyra Zapf
Submissions from 2018
Impact of ROS Presence on Oncogenic Ras Activity, Chris Andersen
The Role of Song in Reproductive Isolation in a New Secondary Contact Zone of White-crowned Sparrows (Zonotrichia leucophrys), William Brooks
Sharing my practice, Elayna Caron
(Re)Writing Home: Unimagining and Reimagining Haitian Identity in Diasporic Literature from the United States, Ashley Coyne
Romantic Relationships in Mental Illness Young Adult (YA) Novels, Indigo DaCosta
Argentina’s Dirty War: Memory, Repression and Long-Term Consequences, Ilana Dutton
Values, Justifications, and Perspectives Connected to the Anti-Vaccination Movement, Gigi Garzio
Quantitative Three-Dimensional Basal Ice Roughness from Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Katie Gray and Shreeti Patel
Development of Bifunctional Thiourea Catalysts for Effective Direct Amidation Reactions, Alex Guzman
Epiphyte Distributions Vary with Structural Heterogeneity in Acer Macrophyllum, Kaela Hamilton and Carrie L. Woods
Digital Strategy in the Art Museum, Ayse Hunt
Quantifying Passive Joint Stiffness at the Elbow Following EIMD of the Elbow Flexors, Angus Lamont
An Ethnographic, Experimental Philosophical Inquiry Into Attitudes and Perceptions Toward Suicidality, Samantha Dawn Lilly
Hylocomium splendens: Microhabitat Selection and Potential Role in Forest Succession, Anna Marchand and Carrie Woods
Polarizing Majorana Fermions, William Miyahira
The Effects of depth on microplastics distribution and ingestion by a biological indicator species: Mytilus galloprovincialis, Marlowe Moser and Peter Hodum
Using Age to Assess Retention Time of Ingested Plastic in Seabirds, Tessa G. Nania, Gary Shugart, and Peter Hodum
Targeted Sanctions - Case Study: Iran, Emily Nygard
Metaphors and Mind: An ERP Study of How the Brain Processes Metaphors, Crystal Poole
The Impact of Transboundary Water Management on Human Security in Developing States, Meadow Poplawsky
The International Folk Art Market: Cultural Commodification in the Global Marketplace, Kate Roscher
Segmented Assimilation Concern Among Refugee Families, Tessa Samuels
Crusader Orientalism: Depictions of the Eastern Other in Medieval Crusade Writings, Henry Schaller
Gravitational Radiation from a Toroidal Source, Aidan Schumann
Modulating the Cancerous Effects of the Oncogene Src, Katherine Segar
The Role of logmat Biofilm in the Spirit Lake Ecosystem after the Eruption of Mt. St. Helens, Emma Sevier
Pubic Hair Untamed: Viewership, Body Hair, and Primitivism in Modigliani's Female Nudes, Mary Thompson
Using CRISPR to Induce a Knock-out of dPRL-1 in Drosophila melanogaster, Alicia Walker
EEG Experiment Scripting Tool for Novice Programmers, Sarah Walling-Bell
Environmental Justice Activism Against Freeway Proposals in Contemporary America, Molly Wampler
A Sociocognitive Perspective of the Uncanny Valley, Andre Zamani
Submissions from 2017
Bowing Behavior of Strings With Non-Uniform Mass Density, Andrew J. Brandt
Face, Identity, and Normalcy: Systems of support for individuals with clefts of lip and palate, Ariane Farris
Investigating the Behavior of Novice Programmers in a Large Dataset, Ayse Hunt
Can Poetry Save the Earth: A Study in Romantic Ecology, Carlisle Huntington
Radiation Reaction: Or how I learned to stop worrying and love E&M, Alexander R. Kaufman
Fighting an Invisible Enemy: The Polish Media Campaign Against Radio Free Europe, 1950-1972, Nicholas Kulawiak
Becoming Augustine: A Network Graph of Texts from Plato to Augustine, Annie K. Lamar
Investigating the Essential Roles of dPRL-1 in Drosophila melanogaster, Alex Lee
Role of Religion in Recovery, Kayla Lovett
The Effect of Beaver Dams on Macroinvertebrate Communities, Anna Shampain
EEG Study of the Featural and Configural Components of Face Perception, Heather Rose Stegman
Ladder to Heaven: An Evaluation of Twelfth Century Latin Catholic Non-Dichotomous Spiritual Gender Identity, Helen W. Tschurr
Submissions from 2016
Effect of Redox Environment on Number of Stem Cells in Drosophila Gut, Bridget Alexander
Seen Through Steam: Narratives of Victorian Steam Technology, Rachel D. Anderson
The Acoustics of Harmon Mutes, Zachary T. Armstrong
(Trans)cribing History: The Oral Histories of Transgender Clergy in America, Jae Bates
Vibrational Patterns in Curved Metal Plates, Samuel D. Berling
A Simplification of Inclusion-Exclusion via Minimal Complexes, Andrew J. Brandt
Controls on the Distribution of ASARCO Heavy Metals in Tacoma-Area Lakes, Angelica J. Calderon
Who Supports Donald J. Trump?: A narrative-based analysis of his supporters and of the candidate himself, Mitchell A. Carlson 7886304
Neo-Realism: Post-Postmodern Ethics and Metaphysics, Cody Chun
Effect of Humus and Structural Environmental Factors on Epiphytes in Acer macrophyllum in the Hoh Rainforest, Emma J. Didier
Skin Lipids of the Striped Plateau Lizard (Sceloporus virgatus): Oleic and Stearic Acids as Potential Indicators of Mate Quality, Tiare Elaine Gill and Stacey Weiss
Geochemistry and Origins of Thermal Springs Waters of the Olympic Peninsula and Cascade Range, Washington, Jon Kenneth K. Golla
What Do We Mean by Logical Consequence?, Jesse Endo Jenks
Characterization of the MalA Enzyme from Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus through the Synthesis and Analysis of Maltose Derivatives, Joey R. Jepson
Short-Term English Instruction as a Mechanism for Economic Growth, Neha P. Ketkar
Moss Composition Affects Seedling Density of Western Hemlock and Sitka Spruce, Katy E. Maleta Ms.
Reintroduced beavers rapidly influence sediment storage and biogeochemistry in headwater streams of the Methow River, WA, Rita McCreesh
Comparison of the Chemical and Isotopic Composition of Groundwater and Surface Water in the South Sound Region, Andrew H. Oberhelman
The Influence of Nurse Logs on Seedlings and Trees in Temperate Rainforests, Kimmy E. Ortmann
Soundscape Composition as Environmental Activism and Awareness: An Ecomusicological Approach, Megan A. Reich
Filling the gaps: A comprehensive understanding of diets and ecosystem interactions within the modern and fossil small mammal communities of Meade Basin, Kansas, Hannah Richardson, Kena Fox-Dobbs, and Andrew Haveles
Diary of a White Ally in the Pacific Northwest, Sloan Cidney Strader
"To the Devil we Sprang and to The Devil we Shall go": Memory and History in the Narrative of British Medieval Constitutionality, Helen W. Tschurr
Microclimate Variation and Epiphyte Distribution in Acer Macrophylum, Jeremy Wood
Synthesis of a Lysozyme Substrate: Exploring the use of the (2,6-dichloro-4-methoxyphenyl)(2,4-dichlorophenyl)) methyl (MDPM) protecting group in glycoside coupling, Vladimir Yelkhimov
Submissions from 2015
Examining egg surface morphology and microbial content of Sceloporus virgatus eggshells, Linnaea Arnett, Stacey Weiss Dr., and Mark Martin Dr.